PRODUCT MANAGEMENT BULLETIN: PM–24-008
United States Department of Agriculture
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
Risk Management Agency
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Stop 0801
Washington, DC 20250-0801
Date
January 30, 2024
To:
All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
From:
John W. Underwood for Deputy Administrator /s/ John W. Underwood 1/30/2024
Subject:
2024 Crop Year (CY) Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) – Peanuts Factors: March 15, 2024, Sales Closing Date (SCD)
- Background
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The CEPP – Peanuts factors necessary to establish a producer’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2024 CY are identified below. The factors are applied to the commodity prices for wheat, cotton, soybean oil, and soybean meal during the discovery period of February 1, 2024, to February 28, 2024. These factors apply only to states with a SCD of March 15, 2024. They are determined in accordance with the Peanut Price Methodology guidelines published and available at rma.usda.gov/-/media/RMA/Policies/CEPP/2021/Commodity-Exchange-Price-Provisions---Peanuts-21-CEPP-PT.
- Action
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The factor values for peanuts in states and counties with a March 15, 2024, SCD, as specified in the CEPP – Peanuts document for the 2024 CY are shown below.
The values for the exponent factors for each commodity exchange futures contract are:
Commodity Abbreviation Value Wheat Ewh -0.1339 Cotton Ect 0.4186
Soybean Oil Eso 0.3676 Soybean Meal Esm -0.1322
The values for the price constant and price weighting factors are:
Variable Abbreviation
Value Price Constant
𝐶 0.1376 Price Weighting Formula 𝑊 0.5274
The values for the type factors are:
Type Abbreviation Value Runner Tru 1.00 Spanish Tsp 1.67 Valencia Tva
1.13 Virginia
Tvi
1.13 Additionally, the factor specifications for commodities utilized to determine price volatility are as follows:
Commodity Abbreviation Value Wheat Gwh -0.1003 Cotton Gct 0.3177 Soybean Oil Gso -0.2488 Soybean Meal Gsm 0.4700 The value for the volatility weighting factor is:
Variable Abbreviation Value Volatility Weighting Factor
V
3.9860 DISPOSAL DATE:
December 31, 2024